Item 01: Thomas Goodwin war diary, 25 April 1915-22 July 1916 - Page 18
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The flies are awful millions of them. Of course everything is destroyed. The finest place I ever saw, just like a garden The undermentioned horses were wounded in wagon line Gallipoli Peninsula Cape Helles
7/5/1915 No 3814 Brown mare, near forearm shrapnel bullet this was the mare previously mentioned 10/5/1915 2966 Blk mare Shrapnel bullet wound, rear part of near thigh
14/5/1915 Brown Geld wound Forehead, Shrapnel Brown Geld died from the effects of pneumonia. This horse contracted this disease on board the Indian. 18/5/1915. Brown, Geld, Laminitis, also shot in near front fetlock and back tendon. 3814 wound near part of rump on 19/5/1915. This is the mare that was wounded four times. She started to work on 5/6/1915
19/5/1915. 2236. Brown Geld. 3240. Bay Geld. These horses were the first to be killed by a 5in shell, It went through the neck and chest of one, and the hips of another. The first one mentioned was killed outright. The other had to be destroyed A third horse was knocked insensible for about 3 minutes. When this accident happened, I was going over towards the horses, and heard a shell coming. I stood still. I was about 4 yards from the horses. The concussion knocked me off my feet. About 5 minutes before a company of